#D5C256#D5C256

#D5C256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C256
RGB	rgb(213, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -6.34, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 55.87, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0212 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4140, 53.4036, 16.5600)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C256 #5669D5

analogous

#D58256 #D5C256 #A8D556

triadic

#D5C256 #56D5C2 #C256D5

tetradic

#D5C256 #56D582 #5669D5 #D556A8

square

#D5C256 #56D582 #5669D5 #D556A8

split-complementary

#D5C256 #56A8D5 #8256D5

monochromatic

#8D7E23 #BEA92F #D5C256 #E1D487 #EDE5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D5C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#D5C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C256

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C256	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d489',
    500: '#d5c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c256;
$custom-light: #e5d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80916,
    "c": 0.12968,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C256

secondary

#3C4993

accent

#5CE344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C256

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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